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Comedian Russell Brand charged in UK for alleged rape, sexual assault
Brand has denied the allegations and has said all of his relationships have been consensual.
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Driver in hit-and-run killing University of South Carolina student was illegal migrant: DHS
Rosali I. Fernandez-Cruz, 24, from El Salvador was charged with a hit-and-run resulting in the death of Nate Baker
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Stock markets open with Dow down more than 1,000 points, after China's 34% tariff on US imports
The Dow closed Thursday down more than 1,600 points
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Report: Lawyers PAC funnels over $1 million to Illinois Democrats
According to Executive Director Phil Melin, from 2022 through early 2025, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Political Action Committee has contributed to only one side of the aisle, sending 100% of its contributions to Democrats in the General Assembly and statewide offices.
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Actor Richard Chamberlain dies at 90
Chamberlain was a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea before he started to act.
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USDA paid to study queer farmers, Latinx masculinity, more on taxpayer dime
For instance, one taxpayer-funded research grant studied “queer farmers quality of life in Pennsylvania,” federal records show, one of several grants of its kind.
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Louisiana voters overwhelmingly reject all four constitutional amendments
"This was a 'primal scream' kind of vote, driven by robust Democratic EV turnout that I'm not seeing being offset by a strong GOP Election Day vote," John Couvillon, an award-winning pollster, said in a post on X.
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Illinois’ rainy-day fund, emergency reserves lowest in country
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, wonders when state lawmakers will get out of their own way when it comes to fiscally steering the state in the right direction.
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Education Dept investigates California ban on disclosing children's gender identities to parents
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office framed the bill as measure to prevent the outing of LGBTQ+ children to their parents.
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Musk announces he sold social media company X to his AI company for $33 billion
“xAI and X’s futures are intertwined,” Musk wrote in a post on X. “Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent. This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach.”
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Dems proposal to close WA schools for developmentally disabled draws GOP ire
During this week’s Democratic leadership media availability, Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, D-Seattle, was asked about the proposal to close the facilities.
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16 Democratic senators demand hearings on discussing military operations on cellphones
The White House Thursday said it was "making changes" to prevent the mistake from happening again and noted Waltz has taken responsibility for the error.
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Kennedy touts legislative effort by WV to ban certain food dyes from school lunches
“West Virginia is leading the nation in passing a bill to clean up our food supply and submitting a waiver to remove soda from SNAP,” Kennedy said.